The Heads of Cerberus

The Heads of Cerberus

Infobox Book
name = The Heads of Cerberus
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Francis Stevens
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cover_artist = Ric Binkley
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Polaris Press
release_date = 1952
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 191 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 3102548
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"The Heads of Cerberus" is a science fiction novel by author Francis Stevens. It was first published in book form in 1952 by Polaris Press in an edition of 1,563 copies. It was the first book published by Polaris Press. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine "Thrill Book" beginning in 1919.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns people who are transported to a future totalitarian Philadelphia in 2118, after inhaling a grey dust.

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=524 | date=1998
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*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=38 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1


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